Trump, Brazil and Senate
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Brazil has become the world’s No. 2 consumer of the powerful stimulant after the US, and a chunk of the Solimões cocaine either goes to Amazonian cities or gets shipped to major population centers in southern Brazil, according to the UNODC. In Manaus, cocaine is available at late-night bars across the city.
Earlier this week, senators voted 52-48 to repeal Trump’s tariffs on Brazil and 50-46 to repeal tariffs on Canada.
President Donald Trump needling the press is nothing new. But on Sunday at a summit in Malaysia, another world leader joined him in trolling the media.
President Trump and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met Sunday in Malaysia amid trade tensions between their two countries. “President Trump meets with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at [Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)] summit,